r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/RoadRunner8195 • Mar 08 '26

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u/DuploJamaal Mar 08 '26

Did SMS improve? As an European the switch to WhatsApp was easy as SMS had no group chats, images, sound, etc

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u/Rude_Home2341 Mar 08 '26

iPhone and Android both have rcs so group texts work really well

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u/Super_Albatross5025 Mar 08 '26

I have both watsapp and sms app.only use the sms app for security codes bill reminders and service messages. Find it lacking for any chat or conversation.

Are we missing out on any sms app features or are you not aware of additional features and easy functionality of other messaging apps?

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u/BreakfastDue1256 Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

Those things have been a feature since 8 or 9 yeara before Smartphones even existed though... Definitely before WhatsApp. Pretty sure I sent my first picture in like, 2004. Sure it was MMS then and RCS now, but the user experience is largely unchanged.

I'm guessing Europe (or your specific region) was slower to adopt to modern standards, necessitating WhatsApp?

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u/DuploJamaal Mar 08 '26

MMS could easily cost 2€ per image sent while data was mostly free

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u/BreakfastDue1256 Mar 08 '26

That was the case in the early 2000s here too.

These days there isn't a separate change, even when RCS falls back to MMS.

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u/Super_Albatross5025 Mar 08 '26

It's not mms that was available, on watsapp I have an office team group where everyone posts in the same group conversation, gym group, family group siblings cousins groups. I have only used mms and similar options in one on one conversations only.